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In case you were wondering...

In case you were wondering...

This blog exists to encourage all those who have ever wanted--and needed!--a tiny getaway close to home. A workshop, playhouse, garden shed, sanctuary, mini-greenhouse, studio, home office; whatever it is you need, it IS doable, with some sacrifice, imagination, and compromise.

It helps if you're handy, too.

Friday, March 2, 2012

Evolution of a Workspace

Originally I had thought I'd just have the table Joseph built for me up when I needed it...turns out I need it almost all the time! In the summer, when we sometimes have the French doors open, I may move it, but for now it's a wonderful place to work.

As you can see, it's MUCH roomier than the little oak TV table I used before...we've also eaten on it, I've done the videos for my classes and YouTube...all in all it's earned its place.

Meanwhile, things ebb and flow out there...I put a small candle heater away in the shed's shed--it was just taking up space. I hung more up on the walls to liberate floor space. We took the photofloods back over to the house since I'm not shooting videos right now, and reorganized books and art supplies...

I seldom use my little footstool box, so it may go, too. When you're dealing with a place that's only 10 x 10, you really need to simplify, often! It's kind of nice...

In my life, the hardest thing has been to have the time to work (apart from family needs), money for art supplies AND a place to work ALL at the same time. I am blessed now to have a beautiful studio overlooking a lake, and kids coming in for art classes, which provides "seed money" for my art projects. There will always be family needs I suppose, but there is more time now that my husband and I are semi-retired. Life is more important than art (I used to say) but art certainly enriches life and makes it worth living!!

In my life, the hardest thing has been to have the time to work (apart from family needs), money for art supplies AND a place to work ALL at the same time. I am blessed now to have a beautiful studio overlooking a lake, and kids coming in for art classes, which provides "seed money" for my art projects. There will always be family needs I suppose, but there is more time now that my husband and I are semi-retired. Life is more important than art (I used to say) but art certainly enriches life and makes it worth living!!

Semi-retired has helped us, a LOT. I still have my business, but Joseph now takes care of the shipping and accounting, which frees me up a LOT. We do take time for us, and that's essential, but he also makes sure I can make art, even during us-times!